Music is central to the episode's atmospheric setting during the final Mardi Gras ball in New Orleans:
: Claudia orchestrates a "double-blind" plot. While Lestat believes he has intercepted her plan to poison a specific guest with laudanum and arsenic, Claudia has actually poisoned a different victim, Tom Anderson , whom she knew Lestat would target out of spite. Interview with the Vampire - Season 1Eps7
: The episode ends with the shocking revelation that Louis's "human" assistant, Rashid , is actually the ancient vampire Armand , who is over 500 years old and the current "love of [Louis's] life". Music is central to the episode's atmospheric setting
: In the present day, Daniel Molloy deduces that Louis intentionally spared Lestat, knowing the body would be taken to a dump where Lestat could recover by feeding on rats. : In the present day, Daniel Molloy deduces
In Season 1, Episode 7 of Interview with the Vampire , titled " ," several significant musical pieces and plot developments serve as the centerpiece for the season finale. Key Musical Pieces
: After Lestat drinks the poisoned blood, Louis slits his throat. However, Louis cannot bring himself to burn the body as Claudia demands. Instead, he places Lestat in a trunk with locks on the inside and leaves him for the trash collectors.
: The episode features Debussy's " Six Épigraphes Antiques, L. 131: I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été ".